I have over the last few years been really mulling over stories which used to be shocking and disturbing. Now I think we have become anesthetized to this daily bombardment of horror. Does this disturb anyone else? Is it disturbing to see numerous people that look like they are quite new to the world of wandering the streets with all their belongings in a shopping cart? When is it commonplace to read about a mother and her 3 daughters found killed in their Salem home that was set on fire? The father was found dead 80 miles down the road in Cottage Grove. Attempted abductions in our own valley? Bomb threats in our schools. Wasn't there a brutal murder in Ashland? Good Lord, I could just keep going and going and going if I wanted to expand the unraveling of our society beyond our "sheltered" little part of Southern Oregon. I could keep going on stories just in our valley but I have grown so weary in life to ponder any longer for now.
I wish I had the strength as well as the energy to feel like I can make a difference in helping put all the pieces back together again. To somehow get back to the days of my youth for the sake of my son.Back then, if I acted up, the neighborhood adults looked out for and had each others best interests in mind when keeping the kids in line. Do we have that trust for one another today? I tried very kindly a while ago to ask a teenager wandering through the neighborhood to watch his mouth (as one can imagine the language was quite colorful), what amount of respect was given to me do you think? It's gotten to the point where it is quite frankly dangerous to confront for fear of violent reaction from the disrespectful youth, or even a step further, from their parents.
Is it not so blatantly obvious that the further we push God away from us, the more decadent and vile our society becomes? We have put the Creator of our whole universe on the shelf to gather dust while we go about living our lives in our own strength. I will freely admit I am not immune from wafting in that direction. I haven't mastered the moment by moment intimacy yet my Lord so desires from all who choose to follow Him. I/We need to know our Maker, He is, and deservedly so, on the throne. How is it working out for you being the center of your own world, sitting on your throne, living life in your own strength?
I would like to thank you for taking the time to actually read this. I don't pretend to think that I possess all the answers in life, I know who does.... I write this blog for a few reasons, for one, I want to get this off my chest and into a forum of sorts. For another reason, I suppose I would like to feel like I have a group of people that share my same values in life. I would love to get plenty of feedback. I would love to have our shared values, shared with other people. We need to connect with each other better than we have, I know life is so busy and my expectations are low as to the growth of this blog. I am so grateful as to my connections I have at my church. I love the connections that are establishing at Evangel. Perhaps this will be the next level, so to speak in connecting with one another. I am also open to whatever discussions people want to talk about. Blogging is a new world for me so I enter into this with excitement and anticipation of great things...
Alan
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